Alamine Ousmane Mey

Alamine Ousmane Mey is a Cameroonian businessman and politician who served as the Cameroonian Minister of Finance from 2011 and 2018. Since 2019, Mey has been the Minister of the Economy, Planning, and Regional Development.

Biography Mey was born on February 26, 1966, in Kousséri, Cameroon. He completed his primary schooling in Garoua. He is the son of former Northern Province governor Abba Ousmane Mey, a top-ranking figure in the Ahmadou Ahidjo government. Mey studied electrical engineering in Germany at RWTH Aachen University, as well as in Belgium and Turkey. In 1993, he joined CCEI Bank, which would later become Afriland First Bank, and was promoted to managing director in 2003. In 2004, Mey spearheaded the launch of I-CARD, the first electronic wallet in Central Africa.

On December 9, 2011, Mey was appointed Minister of Finance. Under him, Cameroon's economy grew by more than 5% despite the Great Recession.

In December 2018, Mey was appointed Minister of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development. Mey's goal upon entering office was to increase public-private partnerships.